Facebook and Instagram announced in August that they would be introducing a new feature of activity dashboards. This activity dashboard will show the user how much time they have spent on the app in the last 7 days.
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This will make us acknowledge our addiction to apps. We all are addicted, to some extent.
Instagram has now started to roll out its Your Activity feature. It will have tools to set daily time limits along with an option to completely mute push notifications for some time.
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Aiming to improve mental health
Companies have begun thinking about helping its users to better manage their time using similar Apps on smartphones. Apple introduced Screen Time and Google released a Digital Wellness dashboard in Android 9.0 Pie with the same goal.
The application will help people control their smartphone usage which in recent times has become a source of harm to our Mental Health and well being.
Excessive use of social media apps makes people feel bad about themselves and unhappy. Some studies have even shown that Facebook can indeed lead to depression.
I don’t know about you (I know) but I have felt bad after using Instagram for hours. Looking at other’s posts about travelling to those beautiful destinations around the world while sitting in my bed with a bowl of chips. Sigh!
Facebook’s version of this feature
Facebook’s version of this feature will be called Your Time on Facebook. With Instagram close to launching its version, I hope Facebook will be following up soon.
The feature, which lies inside the “hamburger” icon on the upper right corner of your profile page, includes tools for setting daily time limits and the option to temporarily mute push notifications, The Verge reported on Wednesday.
The feature is expected to be available for all Instagram users soon.
In the meanwhile, Instagram was recently spotted testing Hindi support. The new development could help the Facebook-owned company expand its presence in India, which is already the biggest market for the social networking giant that has over 241 million monthly active Indian users.
The Hindi-focused treatment is not just limited to the core Instagram experience but is also on offerings such as IGTV that debuted recently to enable vertical video sharing. However, it is limited for Android devices initially.
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